Comments - White Supremacism, Trump, and the Future of Civility - Atheist Nexus2019-01-21T22:12:33Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2182797%3ABlogPost%3A2822008&xn_auth=noI thought of another example…tag:atheistnexus.org,2018-11-03:2182797:Comment:28229832018-11-03T21:54:52.241ZMichael Pennhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/DennisMichaelPennington
<p>I thought of another example of Trump dog whistles and the effects from that. My area is mostly GOP and they all drink the koolaid. I was having a small gathering and inviting people. One person refused to come and said "that guy is from Peru." It isn't true but what would it matter? The problem here is that everyone has heard Trump on his caravan claims and they are reacting to what he has said. They have assumptions based on Trump's words.</p>
<p>Another (but different) proof of such…</p>
<p>I thought of another example of Trump dog whistles and the effects from that. My area is mostly GOP and they all drink the koolaid. I was having a small gathering and inviting people. One person refused to come and said "that guy is from Peru." It isn't true but what would it matter? The problem here is that everyone has heard Trump on his caravan claims and they are reacting to what he has said. They have assumptions based on Trump's words.</p>
<p>Another (but different) proof of such things is in CNN's refusal to run a racist add placed by Trump Jr. It seems that Trump Jr. cannot figure out how his add is racist and he damns CNN a bit more. </p> You have my point precisely,…tag:atheistnexus.org,2018-11-03:2182797:Comment:28227872018-11-03T15:09:14.408ZLoren Millerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/LorenMiller
<p>You have my point precisely, Michael. Trump is effectively saying to the "deplorables" that it's okay for them to act out ... and they ARE. With the shooting in Kentucky, the pipe bombs and the Tree of Life Synagogue attack, we have ample evidence of Trump's paving the way for them, and this doesn't even mention Charlottesville.<br/><br/>Undoing the social damage done by Trump is going to take a while, too, long after he's gone, and that's the real problem.</p>
<p>You have my point precisely, Michael. Trump is effectively saying to the "deplorables" that it's okay for them to act out ... and they ARE. With the shooting in Kentucky, the pipe bombs and the Tree of Life Synagogue attack, we have ample evidence of Trump's paving the way for them, and this doesn't even mention Charlottesville.<br/><br/>Undoing the social damage done by Trump is going to take a while, too, long after he's gone, and that's the real problem.</p> I see all of this as greatly…tag:atheistnexus.org,2018-11-03:2182797:Comment:28230202018-11-03T15:01:40.785ZMichael Pennhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/DennisMichaelPennington
<p>I see all of this as greatly disturbing, possibly for a long time to come even after Trump is gone. It is strange to me that others don't see what is happening as being similar to what happened in Germany with Hitler. Maybe everyone did not study Hitler. </p>
<p>My own co-workers immediately defended Trump and his daily ranting tweets by declaring Twitter was not popular during Bush and Obama years as if this made a daily dose of nonsense something that we all wanted in our lives. It's all…</p>
<p>I see all of this as greatly disturbing, possibly for a long time to come even after Trump is gone. It is strange to me that others don't see what is happening as being similar to what happened in Germany with Hitler. Maybe everyone did not study Hitler. </p>
<p>My own co-workers immediately defended Trump and his daily ranting tweets by declaring Twitter was not popular during Bush and Obama years as if this made a daily dose of nonsense something that we all wanted in our lives. It's all about Trump and his ego. I'm told he turned his own father's funeral into something about himself, and it all got worse once he got out of construction and started selling his brand, which is his name. Trump wants to sell himself to everybody.</p>
<p>Trump calls the media the enemy of the people but admits that what he is doing is forcing them to be nicer about things on him. What really happens here is that he uses media constantly to call out situations and make you think he can change or wants to change them. His "dog whistles" play on peoples inner prejudice or vice and some people want to help him out with this. Next we get into things like the recent Synagogue shooting, the pipe bombings, black people supposedly in the wrong place, people speaking Spanish, idiotic 911 calls, and so much more.</p>
<p>White supremacists, Nazis, fascists, racists, and much more start coming out of the woodwork because underneath and deep inside them they feel justified by Donald Trump. Some are killers and murderers. Others feel justified to do stupid things. I even know a Republican that said she had no idea that Cesar Sayoc was a longtime member of the GOP. She just thought he was a "kook." Maybe so, but he is a Republican kook. Apparently he wanted to help Donald Trump along by removing some "enemies."</p>
<p>Hitler and his ideas were alive and well in some areas of Germany when I was there in 1965. Trump and his minions may be alive and well in America long after he is gone. We have to be aware of this now and we have to have power to act on it.</p>
<p></p> By way both of bumping this e…tag:atheistnexus.org,2018-10-29:2182797:Comment:28221182018-10-29T17:40:40.018ZLoren Millerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/LorenMiller
<p>By way both of bumping this entry and supplying some pertinent information regarding the reaction from the Jewish community to the Tree of Life shooting, allow me to present some input from the New York Times' Jonathan Weisman and author Steve Weisman, as well as observations and commentary from MSNBC Morning Joe's Mika Brzezinski.<br/><br/><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kTtzAoO6Gto?wmode=opaque" allowfullscreen="" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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<p>By way both of bumping this entry and supplying some pertinent information regarding the reaction from the Jewish community to the Tree of Life shooting, allow me to present some input from the New York Times' Jonathan Weisman and author Steve Weisman, as well as observations and commentary from MSNBC Morning Joe's Mika Brzezinski.<br/><br/><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kTtzAoO6Gto?wmode=opaque" allowfullscreen="" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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